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Isaiah 60

Isa. 60:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Who are these that fly
`uwph (Hebrew #5774)
to cover (with wings or obscurity); hence (as denominative from 5775) to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
KJV usage: brandish, be (wax) faint, flee away, fly (away), X set, shine forth, weary.
Pronounce: oof
Origin: a primitive root
as a cloud
`ab (Hebrew #5645)
from 5743; properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chron. 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
KJV usage: clay, (thick) cloud, X thick, thicket. Compare 5672.
Pronounce: awb
Origin: (masculine and feminine)
, and as the doves
yownah (Hebrew #3123)
a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)
KJV usage: dove, pigeon.
Pronounce: yo-naw'
Origin: probably from the same as 3196
to their windows
'arubbah (Hebrew #699)
a lattice; (by implication) a window, dove-cot (because of the pigeon-holes), chimney (with its apertures for smoke), sluice (with openings for water)
KJV usage: chimney, window.
Pronounce: ar-oob-baw'
Origin: feminine participle passive of 693 (as if for lurking)
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Cloud,
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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fly.
Isa. 60:4• 4Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons come from afar, and thy daughters are carried upon the side. (Isa. 60:4)
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Isa. 45:22• 22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am *God, and there is none else. (Isa. 45:22)
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Luke 13:29• 29And they shall come from east and west, and from north and south, and shall lie down at table in the kingdom of God. (Luke 13:29)
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Rev. 7:9• 9After these things I saw, and lo, a great crowd, which no one could number, out of every nation and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palm branches in their hands. (Rev. 7:9)
a cloud.
Heb. 12:1• 1Let *us* also therefore, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight, and sin which so easily entangles us, run with endurance the race that lies before us, (Heb. 12:1)
as the.
Gen. 8:8‑11• 8And he sent out the dove from him, to see if the waters had become low on the ground.
 9But the dove found no resting-place for the sole of her foot, and returned to him into the ark; for the waters were on the whole earth; and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ark.
 10And he waited yet other seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.
 11And the dove came to him at eventide; and behold, in her beak was an olive-leaf plucked off; and Noah knew that the waters had become low on the earth. (Gen. 8:8‑11)
• When God regathers His people it will be a quick and effectual work They will “fly” — a speedy work. It will be “to their windows” — like a bird returning to its home. And this they will do as “doves” a bird noted for its meek and quiet spirit. (“Isaiah 60:6-62:3” by F.B. Hole)
• The born-again Israelites, who will fly to their millennial home in the coming day, will be a repentant and meek people. (“Isaiah 60:6-62:3” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Who are these that come flying as a cloud, and as doves to their dove-cotes?